What does this mean?
Could anybody please tell me what does the following sentence mean? It is an excerpt from the novel 'Tintenherz' by Cornelia Funke. I read it to practice German
'Meggie konnte sich nicht entsinnen, ihn je gehört zu haben, und doch klang er vertraut, wie eine ferne Erinnerung, die nicht recht Gestalt annehmen wollte'
Here is my translation: 'Meggie could not remember she heard about him, and he seemed familiar, like a blur memory,... '
I am Vietnamse and English is just my second language, so please let me know if I made a mistake in English, too. Thank you very much for stopping by :)
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Maybe; 'Meggie could not remember ever to have heard him, and yet he seemed familiar, like a distant memory, that did not want to accept a form.
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Your translation is almost correct: "Meggie could not remember to have ever heard him (i.e. his voice), yet he seemed familiar, like a blurred memory which didn't want to take form"
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